Tideview Home Health Care, Inc., has a bond issue outstanding with eight years remaining to maturity, a coupon rate of $10$ percent with interest paid annually, and a par value of $$1,000.$ The current market price of the bond is $$1,251\mathrm{.}22.$

a$.$ What is the bond$$s yield to maturity?

b$.$ Now, assume that the bond has semiannual coupon payments. What is its yield to maturity in this situation?